Telerik Forums RSShttp://www.telerik.com/urn:uuid:fa4c3f56-dcf5-4dad-93b3-65923afcb94fhttp://www.telerik.com/forums/permalink/Vj9M-vXcrU2Ts2WSOvy5Twr.a.d.controls for WinForms CTP has been released<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Built upon a unique architecture, <b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t</span></b>elerik r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">controls</span></b> for WinForms follows <b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t</span></b>elerik’s tradition of innovation and brings exciting new capabilities to the desktop development world. With the new <b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t</span></b>elerik WinForms suite developers can create outstanding NET 2.0 apps that have unmatched interactivity and can take the user experience to a new level. Inspired by WPF and web technologies, the Telerik Presentation Framework (TPF) introduces CSS-like theming for easy styling of UIs, support for animations and effects to enhance the interactivity of the application and a Visual Theme Builder which allows even non-developers to create amazing interfaces. A distinctive feature of the framework is that it offers excellent performance and developers are no longer forced to choose between advanced UIs and responsiveness.</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The current CTP of r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">controls</span></b> for WinForms includes 6 UI controls: r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ribbonbar</span></b>, r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">docking</span></b>, r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">menustrip</span></b>, r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">tabstrip</span></b>, r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">toolstrip</span></b> and r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">combobox</span></b>. The suite comes together with several sample applications with advanced UIs to provide a good showcase how to create and style interfaces with r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">controls</span></b> for WinForms. “You can treat the CTP as a playground where you can experiment with our concepts and explore the new things we are bringing to the market.” – says Vassil Terziev, <b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t</span></b>elerik CEO. “Even though the release will be CTP, we will provide a developer license to all r.a.d.<b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">controls</span></b> for ASP.NET Subscription holders by the end of the week so that clients can use the <b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">t</span></b>elerik WinForms controls in production.” Additional information about the WinForms roadmap and the new controls that will be added to the suite with the official release will be available in mid-October 2006.<br><br><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Discover the full potential of <strong>t</strong>elerik r.a.d.<strong>controls</strong> for WinForms here: <a href="http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/overview.aspx" target= _blank >http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/overview.aspx</a><br><br><a href="http://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/download.aspx" target= _blank >Download now</a></span></span></p>